Hearty \Heart"y\ (h[aum]rt"[y^]), a. [Compar. Heartier
(h[aum]rt"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Heartiest.]
1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm;
cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic;
active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting
the government.
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Full of hearty tears
For our good father's loss. --Marston.
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2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a
hearty man; hearty timber.
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3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty
food; a hearty meal.
Syn: Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial;
earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous.
Usage: Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty
and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers
to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings
are expressed; sincere implies that this expression
corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man
should be hearty in his attachment to his friends,
cordial in his reception of them to his house, and
sincere in his offers to assist them.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hearty \Heart"y\, n.; pl. Hearties (h[aum]rt"[i^]z).
Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar
address and fellowship among sailors. --Dickens.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hearty
adj 1: showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial
reception"; "a hearty welcome" [syn: cordial]
2: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid
food"; "ate a substantial breakfast" [syn: satisfying, solid,
substantial]
3: endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a
hearty glow of health" [syn: full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded]
4: consuming abundantly and with gusto; "a hearty (or healthy)
appetite"
5: without reservation; "hearty support"
[also: heartiest, heartier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
234 Moby Thesaurus words for "hearty":
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD,
Poseidon, Varuna, abandoned, ablaze, able seaman,
able-bodied seaman, abundant, active, acute, affable, affectionate,
afire, aggressive, amiable, amicable, ample, animated, antic,
ardent, authentic, beefy, bluejacket, boiling over, bon vivant,
boon, boon companion, bouncing, breathless, brisk, buccaneer,
burning, capersome, coltish, committed, convivial, cordial,
dedicated, deep, deep-sea man, delirious, devoted, devout, doughty,
drunk, dynamic, eager, earnest, energetic, enterprising,
enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, fair-weather sailor, faithful,
febrile, fervent, fervid, festive, fevered, feverish, fiery,
fisherman, flaming, flush, flushed, forceful, forcible, forcy,
free and easy, friendly, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans,
full of pep, full-blooded, full-strength, gamesome, gay, generous,
genial, genuine, glowing, go-go, good fellow, gracious, gutsy,
gutty, hail-fellow-well-met, hale, hale and hearty, hard,
hard as nails, hardy, healthy, heartfelt, heated, hefty, honest,
hospitable, hot, hot-blooded, husky, impassioned, impetuous,
in earnest, incisive, intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated,
invigorating, iron-hard, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jolly,
jolly fellow, jovial, keen, kinetic, liberal, limey, lively,
living, lobsterman, loyal, lusty, mariner, matelot, mettlesome,
mighty, navigator, neighborly, nervy, nourishing, obstinate,
on fire, open, openhearted, passionate, peppy, perfervid, pirate,
playful, pot companion, potent, powerful, privateer, profound,
profuse, puissant, receptive, red-blooded, red-hot, resolute,
responsive, robust, robustious, robustuous, rollicking,
rollicksome, rompish, rude, rugged, sailor, salt, satisfying,
sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, serious,
shipman, sincere, sizeable, skittish, smacking, snappy, solid,
sound, spanking, spirited, sportive, sprightly, square, stalwart,
steaming, steamy, steely, stout, strapping, strengthening,
strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, take-charge, take-over, tar,
trenchant, unfeigned, unrestrained, vehement, vibrant, vigorous,
viking, vital, vivacious, vivid, warm, warmhearted, water dog,
welcoming, whaler, white-hot, wholehearted, windjammer, windsailor,
zealous, zestful, zesty, zippy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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